Kangana told a section of media, “Sonu and I haven’t even
met since the last shot with Krish (director) last year. He is busy filming
Simmba. He couldn’t even give us tentative dates to match combinations with
other actors. The producers showed him the film and writers narrated the
patchwork to him. He refused to meet me. He vehemently denied to work under a
woman director, which is kind of amusing because Sonu is a dear friend and I
have even launched the music of a film that he produced, at his request. Even
though the team suggested that they have full faith in me, it seems, Sonu had
neither dates nor faith.”

She further added, “And when I last spoke to him, he
suggested that I can go ahead with someone else and when I narrated the script
to Zeeshan Ayyub, he called the studio and gave the dates. By that time, it was
too late as Zeeshan gave me dates for September. Now I hear I had a showdown
with him. When I never met him, never directed him, when did I have this
showdown?”

Further talking about his reshooting portions, the Queen
actress said, “none of the portions he has shot before will be used because he
has spiked hair with gel so the new team of DOP and editors and the writers of
Manikarnika have discarded those scenes. It’s easier to get another actor on
board.” She further added, “He himself wrote his scenes of Kushti which were
never in the script. He and director shot a lot of stuff which was never in the
script and writers discarded those. He wanted the producers to retain the Kushti portions as he made the body for it for four months.”

Also clearing the air about the reports of her name on
the clapboard, she said, “One more thing I never asked anyone to put my name on
clapboard, it’s AD’s business, the person on the floor is in charge, is
answerable for many things that must have been the idea but constant attacks
while I am going through a difficult phase is not acceptable."